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And I am not working today. Love it. Taking today and Tuesday off from work. We were encouraged to take some time off this week for Spring Break. So I did. I just feel like I could relax some. So I am doing that.

I have blood tests today for my annual physical - my usual blood panel. Going to do that. I have to fast this morning and I am drinking black coffee. Not really enjoying that. I am a full on creamer and sugar person for my coffee so not enjoying it but I can do it. Getting it done. I could not get an early morning appointment so that was kind of a bummer. I go in at 10:45am. That is pretty late. I will just have to deal. Ugh.

I just finished the book The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. It was a really interesting look at the lives and situations of the undocumented people in the United States. I had never read anything about this before so I learned a lot. She is also a really good writer so it was a pleasure to read. Very good book. Life is pretty harsh for the undocumented here and that is really clear from the book. I highly recommend this book.

I am moving on to read Nomadland by Jessica Bruder. It is the book that the movie was based on. I want to see the movie but I am intrigued by this book too. So far it is really excellent and I am sure I am going to enjoy it.

Here is a summary of the book -

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century is a 2017 non-fiction book by American journalist Jessica Bruder about the phenomenon of older Americans who, following the Great Recession, adopted transient lifestyles travelling around the United States in search of seasonal work.

There are two films about the book - one is called Camperforce - a documentary and the other is the film - Nomadland. Interesting.

Anyhoo. That is what I am reading and thinking about.

Oh and I signed up for Disney Plus this week so I could watch Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I watched the first episode of that and I watched all of Wandavision. Loving those. And now I have access to all the Marvel films! Score!

That's all I have for now. I am sure I will post more later.

Chilling here tonight and happy that it is the end of a very busy week.

I took off from work today and the most ambitious thing I did was return some clothes at Nordstrom and then my primary goal for the rest of the day was to take a long, glorious nap. Two hours is a nice long nap. I woke up refreshed and feeling better. So goal achieved in all ways.

Then I made some chicken soup which is my new thing that I can make. Home made soup tastes so much better than the store soups. It is fresher and I like getting to control the seasoning. I also like that the veggies are not totally overcooked to oblivion. I can't even eat store soups anymore - now that I know how easy home made soup is to make. I am ruined for Progresso Soup or Campbells now. I cannot eat those. My mom sent me a Soups and Stews book by Cook's Illustrated and there are lots of good things in there. The other thing I like about making soups is that there are lots of ways to improvise and adapt the recipes.

I am trying to decide what to do with my weekend. I think I am going to Santa Cruz on Sunday but Saturday is open. I do need to get chores done at home and do the dreaded laundry but perhaps I could spare some time to go see the latest Marvel movie - Deadpool. Seems like a good thing to see. I love the Marvel stuff and have heard some good things about this one. Seems different but I will give it a go. I like new characters. I have not read the Deadpool comics so I have no idea what it is about. Also - I like Ryan Reynolds.

So here is a thing. I am really enjoying the Slashy Valentine stories that have been posted in the archive for this year's Slashy Valentine 2016. You can find a listing of all the stories and links to them here -

http://slashy-santa.livejournal.com/83260.html

I hope you will read some of the wonderful stories that have been posted by the very talented writers in the Tolkien fandom.

SO that is all I have for now.

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